LED Bulbs May Be The Best Light Bulbs On The Market

Maryland's News Now Host Mary Beth Marsden got the chance to speak with New York Times Tech Columnist David Pogue about why people should start buying LED Light Bulbs over incandescent bulbs and compact fluorescents. Download This File

Sharon Vaknin, who is the senior associate editor for CNET, told Marsden that despite the cost, now's the right time to switch to LEDs. Download This File

Experts are saying that LED light bulbs are actually better than incandescent bulbs and compact fluorescent bulbs, even though people rarely buy them. (AP Photo)

Many light bulb experts claim LED light bulbs
are better than incandescent bulbs and compact fluorescents.

One of these experts is New York Times Tech Columnist David Pogue and MarylandÆs News Now Mary Beth Marsden got the chance to talk with him about why he likes LED light bulbs.

He told Marsden that he is very adamant about LED light bulbs. He said people who donÆt start filling their
house with LED bulbs are as dim as a 15 Watter.

Pogue said people who are fooled into not liking LED bulbs simply have ælight bulb
fatigue.Æ

ôYou have been told by
society that regular incandescent bulbs are horribly inefficient, and
expensive, and they donÆt last long, and they donÆt heat up your house so they
run up your air conditioning,ö he said. ôSo thatÆs the challenge that fans of
LED have in convincing people.ö

Pogue said he is so adamant
about convincing people that LED bulbs are better that he has even tested them against numerous other light bulbs. From his research, he found that LED bulbs actually lasted
twenty five times longer than incandescent lights and three times longer than curly
fluorescents.

ôThey run cool, you can
unscrew them while your bulb is still on and they use a tiny fraction of the
electricity above all,ö he said.